Rack for holding display-boxes.



I O. F. BRAGHT & G. E. BERNARD.

RACK FOR HOLDING DISPLAY BOXES.

/APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 14/1 9013.

M 2 K 0 WW aa 0. F. BRAOHT & G. B. BERNARD. RAGK FOR HOLDING DISPLAYBOXES.

I APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 14, 1908. 930,725. I Patented Aug. 10. 1909.

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UNITED STATES ex and" IPEFEQ OTTO 'F. BRAOHT AND GEORGE E. BERNARD, OFST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

RACK FOR HOLDING DISPLAY-BOXES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

Application filed September 14,1508. Serial No. 452,853.

accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification.

Our invention relates to a 'rack for holding display boxes, such'asthose from which crackers and other bakery products are vended and whichare provided with lids connectedto the bodies of the boxes by hinges.

boxes being The object of the present invention is to provide means in arack of the kind named, whereby the lids of merchandise boxes may beautol'natically opened when the boxes are moved in .a forward directionrelative to the rack, in order that access maybe gained into the-boxes,the same means being so constructed as to provide for the "lids movingautomatically to closed 1 os'itions when the boxes are again returned 0their normal positions in the rack.

Figurel is a front elevation of our display box rack with some of the.-compartments of the rack shown occupied by boxes and othercompartments vacant; one of the illustrated in a forward and openposition and the otherboxes being shown in their normal closedcondition.- Fig. II is a perspective view of one of the I box receivingframes and the lid lifting members associated therewith. Fig. III isatop or plan view of a portion of our rack. Fig. IV is a verticalsection taken on 'h-ne LIV-JV, Fig. I. Fig. V is a horizontal sectiontaken on line V .V IV.

In the accompanying drawings: 1 designates the corner posts or uprightsof the.

framework of our rack,'these members being preferably of angle shape incross sectlon. The front corner uprights .of the rack framework areunited by cross bars 2 and a cross bar 3, the latter of which is located.at the topof the framework and has no other office except that oftyingthe parts of the framework. The rear corner uprights are united by ahorizontal cross bar 4 located midway between the top and bottom of therack framework and by diagonally disposed braces 5. The corner uprightsare tied to .side bars.

and which sub-divide the interior of the rack framework in a horizontaldirection to separate and furnish various compartments in the frameworkof the racka 8 are vertical strips located intermediate of the corneruprights at the sides of the rack framework and which are suitablysecured to the end bars'fi. Similar vertical strips 8 are secured to thecross bars 7.

9 designates rods suitably mounted in the .Vertical strips 8 of the rackframework, there being one of said rod's at the top of each .tier ofcompartments in the rack framework. All of the rods 9, with theexception of the topmost rod, serve as pivotal supports for displayboxes, such as those illustrated in the drawings and designated by theletter A, and having lids B, and all of the rods with the exception ofthe lowermost, serve as pivotal supports for lid lifting members,

as will hereinafter appear.

The box supporting frames are preferably constructed in all particularsas illustrated in the drawings but without limiting ourselves to theexact details of construction of these frames, we will describe them indetail. Each "frame comprises a pair of side bars 10 that are connectedto the rods 9, beneath said frame, by legs 14 which are attached to saidThe side bars 10 are connected to each other by front and rear crossbars 15. Each of the side bars 10 is provided at its rear end with anupturned lip 11 and at its forward end with an upturned lip 12 and eachcross bar 15,i s provided at its endswith upturned lips 16. The boxreceiving frames just described are adapted to be tilted in order thatthe box resting thereon and between the various upturned lips of the boxreceiving frames may, when closed, occupy horizontal positions, whiletheir receiving and are pivotally at the front end of each frame isprovidedwith a forwardly extending finger 13 adapted to engage the frontbar 2 of the rack fran'iework located beneath the box receiving frame.

' l7 .designates links pivotally attached to the box receiving frameworkpreferably by connection to the upturned lips 16 of the cross bars 15,as seen most clearly in Figs. II and IV. These links extend upwardlyconnected at their upper ends to lld lifting arms 18. The lid liftingarms are preferably loosely fitted to the rods 9 mounted in the rackframework and are adapted to be raised by the links 17 when the boxreceiving frames are tilted forwardly. The lid lifting arms are providedat their free ends with laterally projecting fingers 19 which engage thelower edges of the box lids, whereby said lids are elevated when the boxreceiving frames are tilted forwardly and the lifting arms are elevated.

In the practical use of my rack, the operator preferably places a fingerof his hand upon the finger 13 extending from one of the upturned lipsof the box receiving frame winch is to be tilted, and by downwardpressure upon the finger of said frame causes the frame to be tilteduntil it assumes the position illustrated in the second compartment ofthe rack, Fig. IV and the frame finger strikes against the front crossbar 20f the rack framework beneath it, at which time the lid of the boxseated in said display box receiving frame has been elevated to afford Iaccess into said box.

To return the box receiving frame and the box resting thereon to normalpositions, it is only necessary to exert upward pressure upon the finger13 of the box receiving frame, with the result of tilting said framebaekwardly, thereby perinitting the lid lifting arm and the lid of thebox to resume their normal lowered positions. Ne elaim:-

1. In a device of the character described,

the combination of a support, a box receivthe combination of a support,a rod mounted in said support, a box receiving frame tiltably supportedby aid rod, a ll lifting arm iivotallv su Jorted above said box receivimD frame, and a link connecting said lid lifting arm to said boxreceiving frame, substantially as set forth.

3. In a device of the character described, the con'ibination of asupport, a box receiving frame tiltably fitted to said support andprovided with a stop adapted to engage said support when the frame istilted forwardly, and a lidlifting arm having connection with said boxreceiving fame, substantially as set forth.

4-. In a device of thecharacter described, the combination of a support,a box receiving frame tiltably fitted to said support and provided withan upwardly extending lip adapted to engage said support when said frameis tilted forwardly, and alid lifting arm having connection with saidbox reeeivig frame, substantially as set forth.

5. In a device of the character described, the combination of a support,a box receiving frame tiltably fitted to said support and provided withan upwardly extending lip terminating in a finger adapted to engage saidsupport when said frame is tilted forwardly,and a lid lifting arm havingconnection with said box receiving frame, substantially as set forth.

OTTO F. BRACI-IT. GEORGE E. BERNARD.

In presence of NM. H. Sco'r'r, Edd. HARRINGTON.

